You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry

"You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry"
Single by The Caravelles
B-side	"The Last One to Know"
Released	12 July 1963
Recorded	1963
Genre	Pop
Length	2:01
Label	Smash
Songwriter(s)	Bob Merrill, Terry Shand
The Caravelles singles chronology
"You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry" (1963) "I Really Don't Want to Know" / "I Was Wrong" (1963)

"You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry" is a song written by Bob Merrill and Terry Shand, and first recorded in 1950 by Moon Mullican. ^[1]

Other 1950 recordings

• Jimmy Dorsey (with vocals by Terry Shand) ^[2]
• Ernest Tubb ^[3] – peaked at No. 10 on the Most Played Juke Box Folk chart ^[4]

The Caravelles recording

British girl group the Caravelles recorded a version of the song in 1963. The single reached No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart in 1963. ^[5] In the US, it peaked at No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and No. 2 on the Middle-Road Singles chart. ^[6] On the New Zealand Lever Hit Parade chart it reached #8 ^[7]

References

1. "78 Record: Moon Mullican - You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry (1950)". 45worlds.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
2. "78 Record: Jimmy Dorsey - It's A Long, Long Way To Tipperary (1950)". 45worlds.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
3. "78 Record: Ernest Tubb - You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry (1950)". 45worlds.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 355.
5. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 92. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
6. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 45.
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20210208152705/http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=Lever%20hit%20parades&qyear=1963&qmonth=Dec&qweek=26-Dec-1963#n_view_location